Conveyer-gearing for harvesters



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GONVBYER GBARING FOR HARVESTERS.

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G. SCHUBERT. l GONVEYER GEARING POR HARVESTERS.

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. G. SCHUBERT. CONVEYERGEARING EUR HARVESTERS.

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GEORGE soHUEEEaQoE WALNUT, TEXAS.

CONVEYER-GEARING FOR HARVESTERS.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 486,900, dated November 29, 1 892.

Application filed February 4, 1892. Serial No. 420,309. (No model.)

Z'o @ZZ whom it may concer-12,:

Beit known that I, GEOEGESGHUBERT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Walnut, in the county of Bosque and State of Texas, have invented a new and useful Gearing for ILIarvester-Conveyers, of which the fol lowing is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in a reciprocating conveyer for harvesters and binders in which arms fold beneath the upper plate of the platform for their grainward movement and unfold for their stubbleward movement, and a gear-shifting mechanism so constructed as to be placed beneath the upper plate of the platform and operated by a lug secured to the conveyer-chain, and a starting or tripping device by which the conveyer is started.

My improvements refer, first, to the construction of the conveyer-arrns and a track to fold such arms grainward to the chain for their grainward movement and to elevate such arms for their stubbleward movement; second, to construct a shifting-bar with an inclined slot adapted to receive a bearing to engage or disengage gearing to operate the conveyer; third, to the construction of a shifting device operated by the driver, by which he can readily determine the quantity of grain on the platform by the weight of said grain, so that the driver after a little practice will be able to trip the conveyer nearer the right time to obtain sheaves of about the same size, and, fourth, to secure compactness and etticiency in such mechanism and promote simplicity and cheapness in the construction of Vsuch mechanism.

Figure 1 is a plan view of a harvester-platform provided with my improvements. The upper plates of the platform are broken away in different parts to show parts below7 in full lines. Fig. 2 is a sectional view on line l l of Fig. 1, showing parts beyond in full lines. Fig. 3 is a subbleward end view of Fig. l. Fig. 4 is a horizontal section on line 3 3, Fig. 3, with parts below shown in full lines. Fig. 5 is a view of the platform and tripping mechanism from the rear. Fig. 6 is asectional view and brackets'beyond the section-line. is a detail View of the shifting-bar.

9, l0, 11, and l2 are detail views of the brackets carried by the shifting-bar. Fig. 13 is a detail view of the movable bearing and its antfriction-roller. Fig. 14 is a view of the trip-lever. Figs. 15 and 16 are detail views of the conveyer-arms. Fig. 17 is the same as Fig. 6, with the gearing disengaged and the trip-lever and other parts omitted; and Fig. 18 is a detail plan View of one of the lockingdogs.

In the drawings, A designates the lower plate of the platform, secured, with its front edge, to the lower flange of the finger-bar A3.

A is the upper front plate of the platform, and A2 is the upper rear plate of the platform. The front plate A is secured, with its front edge, to'the front and upper fiange of the finger-bar A3 and the strip A4 and rests, with its rear edge, at the stubble end on the block e and at its grain end on the block b4.

b5 designates a strip extending from near the shaft a to the grain end of the platform. Said strip is placed far enough to the rear of the conveyer-chain to provide room for the conveyer-arm and its antifriction-roller d5,

with the front edge of the plate A2 projecting inwardly7 over said strip b5, forming a track hs for the antifriction-roller d5, and leaving a slot in the upper floor of the platform for the conveyer to operate in, as hereinafter described. turned down to meet with the plateA and secured to said plate A by corner-irons A10.

(97 is the usual grain-board, secured to the plates A, A', and A2.

The rear edge of the plate A2 is A6 designates the divider-board, secured to l the finger-bar AS in any suitable manner.

The finger-bar A3 is of the ordinary double-f angle bar provided with guards A5 on its upper and front ange and an inner shoe A9 near the inner end of the grain-receiving platform.

A4 is a strip secured to the upper flange of the finger-bar and extending from near the shoe A9 to the stubble end of the plateA and is to elevate the stubbleward end of said lplate to provide room for the gearing hereinand the plates A, A', and A,2 are extended stub- IOC bleward beyond the shoe A9 a properdistance to provide room for the folding of the conveyer-arms, as hereinafter described.

a designates a shaft beneath the plates A and A2 near the stubbleward end in the platform, as shown in Figs. l and 2, and journaled with its near end, in a pivoted or trunnioned bearing a2, having its trunnions pivoted in brackets d5 a5, secured to the vertical flange A2 of the plate. Said flange is perforated to receive said shaft a and the bearing a2.

as and a4 are collars on the shaft a, adjacent each side of the pivoted bearing a2, to prevent longitudinal movement of the shaft a. Said shaft et is journaled, with its front end, in a bearing c, supported by the shifting-bar, as hereinafter stated, and provided with a bevelpinion h6 on its front end in position to engage or disengage with the bevel-pinions h and h2 to operate a sprocket-wheel b, located on the shaft a near the center of the slot in the platform and provided with a chain b', which extends over an idler b2, which is secured near the center of the Width of the slot at its grainward end on a shaft Z22, journaled 'in the strip h5 and in the block b4 at the grain end of the platform.

d and d are conveyer-arms secured to a shaft carried by the chain b., The arm d is `provided with an extension d4, having an antifriction-roller d5, as seen in Figs. l and 2, in position to operate on the inward-projectin edge of the plate A2. f

d2 are projections projecting inward toward the chain h and formed on the free end of the arms d and CZ and are to prevent said'arrns from folding beneath the upper strand ofthe chain b and interfering with the gearshifb ing mechanism hereinafter described.

d3 are similar projections near the pivoted end of the arms d and d in position to engage with the chain b. Said projections d5 are for the purpose of preventing the arms d and d from dropping too far stubbleward.

h6 are guides secured to the plate A and to the grain-boardb7, as seen in Figs. 1 and 2, and placed adjacent each side of the idler b2, thus forming a guide for the chain b, and curved properly, as seen,to guide the conveyer-arms d and d', as hereinafter stated.

(Z6 is a part of the inward-projecting edge of the plate A2, cut down and curved downward,as shown,forming a spring and a guide for the roller d5 at the grain end of the platform.

n is a notch'formed in the inwardly-projecting edge of the plate A2 and located near the end of the grainward movement of the conveyer.

d8 is a spring secured on the under side of the plate A2 on the grainward edge of the notch n and curved downward and slightly ggrainward and partly closingv the passagewayof the antifriction-roller d5 to detain said roller d5 and fold the confveyer-arrns grainward to the chain h.

f is a slot in the shifting-bar, having the projection or shoulder f7 and the guard f.

f3 is an extension of the shiftingbar,`pro jecting stubbleward through a guide in the bracket f15, secured to the plate A.

f2 designates a shank of the shifting-bar, extending grainward and is guided in the bracket f4, secured to the plate A. Said shank f2 is preferably rounded, as shown.

flo is a shoulder, and f2 is a notch, formed on the lower and rear side of the shifting-bar.

e2 c2 are corner or angle iron plates secured to the under side of the plate A, adjacent each side of the shifting-bar, to prevent the upper edge of said shifting-bar from canting sidewise.

J desiguates-abracket on the shifting-bar,-

resting with it stubbleward end against the shoulder f7 when in its normal positionV and provided with a shank or rod extending to the grain end of the platform with its end J8 turned rearward in the passage-way of" the lug 6X7, as seen in Fig. l, and provided with the projection J which rests on theplate A.

i7 is a lug secured to the plate A near the grain end of the platform, forming a guide for the grain end of the bracket J. The stubble end of the bracket J is turned rearward and is perforated to receive the shank f2 of the shifting-bar. The front and stubbleward end of the bracket J is cut partly down atan angle, as shown at jf), to clear the bar t'. Said portion j is cut partlydown and then flattened and formed into a projection J6 to operate the dog2, as hereinafter stated. The remaining part of the bracket J projects forward and is rounded to provide room for the spring K.

Jdesignates abracket encircling, with its cylindrical grain end-J4, the shank f2, with its said end resting against the collarf5 when in its normal position and extending with its free end stubbleward and turned rearward into the passage-way of the lug 617, as shown in Fig. 1, with the projection J9 resting on the plate A- and in position to operate the dog 4 andto engage with the stud jG, secured to the plate A near the end of the stubbleward movement of the end or projection J9 with its grainward side slanting.

.7'5 is a similar stud secured to the plate A at the end of the grainward movement-.of the projection J and in the path of said projection J, with its stubbleward side slanting, projection J, slan ting grainward, and the Aprojection J 9 slanting stubbleward to readily pass over said studs and engage with the said studs, as hereinafter described.

j designates a lev'er pivoted near its center to the lug j near the grain end of the platform and having its ends curved slightly upward and with its stubbleward end j2 turned rearward intov the passage-Way of the lug @Z7 and extending with its grainward end beyond the lug or stud js is a similar lever near the stubbleward endof the platform with its grainw'ard end turned rearward into the passage-way of the v lug d? and extending with its other end past' lated, thus regulating the depth of mesh ofwith the bevel-pinions h the bevel-pinion h6 and h2. l

is a bearing formed on the stubbleward end of the bar which partly projects into the slot f.

Tis an antifriction-roller pivoted to the bar on the grain side of the bearing in position to operate on the lower plane of tbe slot f', as seen in Fig. 5. The grain end of the bar is curved slightly upward and forward to clear the dog 2 and the bracket J and -is extended a suitable distance and pivoted with its grainward end to the bracket gl, which is secured to the plate A or to the lower flange of the finger-bar.

g5 designates a lever pivoted at X,near the bevel-pinion h2, and extending with its free end grainward, with a short crook rearward at g, with its free end in position to be engaged by the projection J6, as seen in Figs. l and 4.

2 is a dog pivoted to the lever g5 at X and curved in position, as shown, to engage with the shoulder flo in the shifting-bar.

3 is a bracket secured to the plate A in front of the shifting-bar in position to form a guide for the free end of the dog 2.

ois a coiled spring resting with one end against the lever g5 and with its other end against the finger-bar A3.

4 is a dog pivoted near its center to the plate A on the rear side of the shifting-bar and slightly grainward of the shaft a, with its stubbleward end bent forward at 6, as shown in Fig. 18, with its end of proper size and length and in position to engage with the notch fi. The grain end of the dog 4 extends in the passage-way of the projection J 2 and is beveled forward, as shown in Fig. 4.

5 is a spring secured on the bracketff, as shown, and extending with its free end grainward to meet with the stubbleward end of the dog 4 and tends to press said dog 4 forward to engage with the notch ff.

h designates a shaft j ournaled with its lower end in the plate A and with its upper end in the plate A at the front end of the shaft a.

h and h2 are bevel-pinions secured to near each end of the shaft h. The lower flange of the linger-bar is-cut out at h7 to provide room for-'the bevel-pinion h2.

h4 is a shaft journaled with its grain end in a bearing h5 and provided with a bevelpinion h3 in position to engagewith the bevelpinion h. The stubbleward end of said shaft h4 extends to the harvester frame. (Not shown in the drawings.)

D designates a cross-bar pivoted on the fulcrum e on the rear edge of the plate A and on the grainward'side of the shaft d and extending with its longer end rearward beyond the rear edge of the platform. Its front end has a short crook grainward, and then extends forward with its end flush with the front edge of the tinger-bar, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3.

c is a strip secured on the grainward side of the bar D with its lower edge yprojecting downward in position to be engaged by the shoulder f7 of the shifting-bar.l

D is a bar pivoted with its front end to the grain-board 57 near the rear edge of the plate A and just above said plate A and'extending rearward the saine distance as the bar D. The rear ends of said bars D and D are perforated, as shown, to receive bolts.

D2 are strips secured to the bars D and D by suitable bolts passed through any of the perforations. Any number of strips D2may be employed and shifted to any of the perforations in the bars D and D to receive long or short grain.

D3 is a bell-crank pivoted to near the upper edge of the vertical iiange of the plate A2 on the grainward side of the bar D with its upper arm connected by a rod D6 to a lug D7, secured to the under side of the bar D, with the lower arm connected by a rod D4 to the toggle-joint D5. Said toggle-joint is formed of two arms, with one arm pivoted to the lower edge of the rear of the platform and with its upper arm pivoted to the lug D8, secu red on the under side on the bar D', so that when the bar D is elevated the rod D4 will be drawn stubbleward, and thus drawing straight the toggle-joint and elevating the rear end of the bar D simultaneously with the bar D.

g designates a triplever pivoted in a slot g3, formed in the plate A-and in the strip A4 on a pin g4, passedy through thev strip A4 and IOO one of the perforations in the lower end of the trip-lever, curved upward in position to rest, with its heel, on the front end of the bar D, and thencev bent to project vertically and perforated near its upper end. g is a drawrod secured in one of the perforations in the lever g and extends, with its other end, to a foot-latch usually secured to, the operators foot-board. (Not shown in the drawings.) By changing the pin g4 to one of Lthe different perforations in the horizontal end of the trip-lever or changing the draw-rod g to different perforations inthe vertical end of said trip-lever g the pressure on the draw-rod can -be adjusted as the operator may see necessary.

The operation may be summarized as follows, viz: The shaft h4 receives its power from IZO the harvester-gearing (not shown in the drawings) and rotates the bevel-pinions h and h2 in one direction, as indicated. When the conveyer is at rest, the gear-shifting bar is in the position as seen in Fig. 17, with the shoulder f7 in engagement with the strip c. When the desired quantity of grain has accumulated onv the platform, which is readily determined by weight after a short practice, the operator allows the draw-rod to shift grainward, thus allowing the front end of the bar D to elevate, allowing the rear end of the bars D and D to lower to the platform and allowing the grain to rest fiat on the platform. vAs the front end of the bar D is elevated the projection c is disengaged from the shoulder f7 of the shifting-bar, thus allowing the spring K to move the shifting-bar grainward until the collar f5 is adjacent the bracket f4, when the spring-pressed hook t6 of the doge4 will have engaged with the notch f2 and lock the gearshifting bar in position. As the gear-shifting bar is thus shifted grainward the inclined slot f', carrying the bearing t" of the shaft a, will lower said bearing t', and thus engage the bevel-pinion h6 with the bevel-pinion h2,-

thereby starting the conveyer. As the conveyer is started on its stubbleward movement the roller d5 is guided to the top of the plate A2 by the guide d6 moving the free end of the arm d and d slightly stubbleward, as seen in Fig. 2. As the conveyer moves stubbleward the lug Z7 on the chain b moves against the rearward-projecting end j2 of the lever j, depressing said end, and thus elevating its grainward end and disengaging the rearwardly-projecting end J8 of bracket J from the studj. Said bracket J will now be moved against the shoulder f7 by the spring K. vAs the conveyer nears the end of its stubbleward movement the lug 0V moves against the end J5 of the bracket J, moving it stubbleward, thereby compressing the spring K, and as the projection J 2 on the lower stubbleward end of the bracket J moves past the stud j@ it will come in contact with the grain end of the dog 4, pressing it forward, thus disengaging the hook t6 from the notch f2and unlocking the shifting-bar. The spring K, being compressed, will now move the shifting-bar and the bracket J stubbleward, thereby disengaging the bevel-pinion 71,6 from the bevelpinion h2 and engaging it with t-he bevel-pinion h', thus reversing the movement of the conveyer. As the shifting-bar is thus moved stubbleward until the collar f6 is adjacent the bracket f4 in position, as seen in dotted lines in Fig. 1, the dog '2 engages with the shoulder flo and locks said shiftingbar in position. As the conveyer starts on its grainward movement the lug d'7 on the chain moves against the rearward-proj ecting end of the lever J2, depressing said end and elevating its opposite end, thereby disengaging the rearwardly-projecting end J5 of the bracket J from the stud j, and as the conveyer nears the grain end of its movement the lug di' moves against the end of the bracket J and moves it grainward over the stud j5, and as the projection J on the bracket J passes over the stud ,7'5 the projection J 6 on the grain-l ward end of the bracket J moves against the lever g5, shifting it forward, and thus disengaging the dog 2 from the shoulder f 10, when the spring K will move the shifting-bar grainward until the shoulder f7 thereon comes against the projection c, as seen in Fig. 17,

when the bevel-pinion h6 will be disengaged from the bevel-pinion h and the movement of the conveyer ceases until again started by the operator, as heretofore stated. As the conveyer nears the stubble end of its movement the roller d5 of the conveyer will pass through the notch n beneath the plate A2, and as the conveyer starts on its grainward movement the roller d5, detained by the spring d8, will fold the arms d and d grainward until the projection d2 rests on the upper strand of the chain b', when the roller 07,5 will be drawn through underneath the spring d8, when the arms d and d will'be in position, as seen in dotted lines in Fig. 5. As the conveyer thus folded nears the grain end of its movement the free end of the arms d and d come in contact with the guides h6 and are partly unfolded or elevated, and at the time that the roller d5 passes from under the guide or spring d the grainward movement of the conveyer ceases. The spring K is coiled close enough on the shank f2 so that it is entirely 'compressed at the time the shifting-bar is unlocked, so that the conveyer will act by the bracket J or J direct on the shifting-bar and shift said shifting-bar until the gearing is disengaged in case the spring K should fail to do so. Thus no breakage can occur.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a harvester, the combination, with a platform having a slot, of achain operated inv said slot, conveyer-arms pivoted on said chain, an extension d4 on one of the arms d, an antifriction-roller on said extension d4, adapted to engage with the inwardly-projecting edge of the plate A2, projections d2 and d2, projecting inward in position to engage with the chain b', a notch n in the inwardly-projecting edge of the plate A2, a spring secured to the plate A2, partly closing with its free end the passage-way of the roller d5, a guide d6 near the grain end of the slot, guides be, as shown, and means to operate the conveyer-chain, as described.

2. In a harvester, the combination, with bars D and D', pivoted on the platform, projecting with their free ends rearward, of strips D2, secured to the rear ends of said bars D and D to receive the grain, as and for the purpose IIC free end of the trip-lever, as shown, a togglejoint pivoted with one end to the platform and with its other end to the bar D', a bellcrank pivoted to the platform and connected with one arm to the toggle-joint and With its otherarm to the bar D, as shown, a conveyergearing for operating the conveyer, and a gear-shifting bar, all as shown and described.

3. The combination of a gear-shifting bar formed substantially as shown and described and located lengthwise in guides in a harvester-platform to be shifted endwise alternately in opposite directions to operate a movable bearing d', a shaft a, j ournaled in the movable bearing t" and in a pivoted bearing, gearing to operate the shaft a, substantially as described, to operate a sprocket-wheel on said shaft a, a chain b on said sprocket- Wheel, conveyer-arms pivoted to said chain b', means to operate the conveyer-arms, substantially as described, and brackets on the gear-shifting bar, projecting; with their free end in the passage-Way of the lng d4 on the chain b', substantially as and for the purpose described.

4. In a harvester, the combination, with a platform, of a bar vl, pivoted in said platform, projecting with its free end stubbleward,a bearing l', formed on the free end of the bar z', an antifriction-roller i7, pivoted on the bar fi,

adjacent the bearing i', in position to engage With the inclined s lot f in the gear-shifting bar, a shaft d, journaled in the bearing t" and in a pivoted bearing d2, bevel-pinion h6 on the shaft a, adapt-ed to engage alternately With the bevel-pinions h and h2 to operate a sprocket-wheel b, a chain on said sprocketwheel to operate a conveyer, the gear-shifting bar located in the platform, and means to operate said gear-shifting bar, substantially as shown, and for the purpose described.

5. In a harvester, the combination, with a harvester-platform, of a gear-shifting bar in said harvesterplatform,an inclined slotin said gear-shifting bar, a vertically-moving bearing c" on the free end of a bar t', an antifriction-roller i7, pivoted adjacent the bearing t to engage with the inclined slot f', ashaft a, journaled in the bearing t" and in a pivoted bearing d2, a bevel-pinion h6 on the shaft a, adapted to engage alternately with bevel-pinions h and h2 to operate a Sprocket-Wheel b on the shaft a, a conveyer operated by a chain b', operated by the sprocket-Wheel b, a lug C17 on said conveyer-chain, a projection c on the bar D, said bar D, pivoted on the platform, a trip-lever g, pivoted in the platform, a drawrod on said trip-lever to operate the bar D, a bracket J on the gear-shiftingbar, adapted to engage with the stud ,i5 and with its free end extending in the path of the lng (i7, a lever j, pivoted in the platform to engage with the bracket J and With its other end projecting in the path of the lug (i7, a dog 2, pivoted with one end to a spring-pressed lever g5, with its other end in a guide in position to engage with the gear-shifting bar, a projection J 6 on the bracket J to engage with the free end of the spring-pressed lever g5, and a bracket J on the gear-shifting bar, having the rearward projection J 9 to operate the dog 4 and engage with the stud j and with its upper part in position to be engaged With the lng (i7, a lever 3'3, pivoted in the platform in position to engage With one end with the rearward projection J 9 and With its other end in position to be engaged by the lug d7, a spring i5 to force the projection 11G in contact with the gear shifting bar, collars f5 and f6, and a spring K on the gear-shifting bar, as shown, and for the purpose described.

GEORGE SCHUBERT.

Witnesses:

JNO. J. ROGERS, J. A. MCCLELLAN. 

